Systems Administrator

Overview

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This posting is for a contract assignment and is not a full-time employment offer with Boeing. Candidates selected for roles will be employed as contract workers through a Boeing approved 3rd party for the duration of the specified project.

• Oversees system integration, hardware and software installation, configuration and disposition of servers and workstations to support the architecture.
• Provides complex problem resolution, root cause analysis and technical support for delivery systems.
• Participates in the design, validation and configuration management of computing delivery systems.
• Plans and coordinates system changes.
• Administers user system access and establishes safeguards to protect information to meet security requirements.
• Oversees activities to monitor system performance to support capacity planning, backup and disaster recovery planning.
• Mentors, leads and trains others.

Our team focuses on delivering complex solutions in some of the most challenging environments on Earth. We provide support for our Mission Operations Portfolio areas which design, build, test, deploy, operate, and maintain a wide variety of mission critical platforms and systems for commercial and government customers.

This position is part of a small team of shift-work rotational schedule high caliber System Administrators who perform several system administration tasks, sometimes under high pressure and tight deadlines, to include infrastructure administration, information security support and configurations, software and OS support, and follows configuration change control/configuration change management processes. You will create new solutions to hard technical problems and provide system support using best practices with modern and innovative tooling.

This position requires comfort in a high-paced environment and interfacing with a small group of end users.

• Support a small group of end users who use our system and several other systems that we support.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues, sometimes under time pressure.
• Analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and document proposed optimizations to improve overall system efficiency and responsiveness.
• Maintain accurate documentation of system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.
• Interface with customer and represent the entire System Admin Team during high impact operations.

This position requires an active TS/SCI U.S. Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.

Requires Active Full Scope TS/SCI Clearance to start

• A current Full Scope Polygraph (FSP).
• Level 3: 3+ years of related work experience.
• Level 4: 5+ years of related work experience.
• Experience in System Administration (i.e. Linux/Unix or Windows platforms).
• Experience in communicating with customer representatives in a variety of forums, in both written and spoken form, regarding technical subjects.
• Willingness to successfully complete on-the-job (OJT) training to confirm ability to perform assigned duties and tasks.
• Willingness and ability to work variable shifts, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays.

• Experience managing and maintaining servers, workstations, and related infrastructure components.
• Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and other core services.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills and problem-solving abilities and able to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
• Expertise in on-premises virtualization (AHV, VMWare ESXi, Hyper-V, etc.) or cloud expertise (AWS or Azure).
• Experience with VDI infrastructure, monitoring infrastructure, securing infrastructure.
• Experience with documenting technical details in Confluence and task tracking in Jira.
• Cloud, INFOSEC, or any recent IT certifications.
• Previous shift-work experience.

Level 3:
Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education…